Premium
The Ovulation Method of Contraception
Author(s) -
Betts Katharine
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1976.tb01247.x
Subject(s) - ovulation , gynecology , medicine , obstetrics , natural family planning , emergency contraception , cervical mucus , project commissioning , family planning , research methodology , population , publishing , hormone , political science , environmental health , law
The ovulation method of contraception is based on an interpretation of the patient's vaginal mucus discharge. The only major trial of it shows a failure rate of at least 25.4 pregnancies per 100 woman years: from these figures about 25 per cent of women using it in any one year would become pregnant. Despite this failure rate, the ovulation method continues to receive considerable government support.